Hello! My name is Gretl, I was born on 3/15/2021, and I am happy to come live at your house! My favorite food is Bob’s Red Mill AP flour and unchlorinated (filtered) water. I generally get taken out of the fridge at least once a week and I have a little starter taken off the top (and put in another jar) and then I like about 50 g of flour and 50 g of water! Stir me up and let me sit. If you are going to use me, then leave me on the counter and wait 4-6 hours before using me in a recipe. After you take out what you need for the recipe, feed me again. If you’re going to need a lot of me, feed me more, but always in a 1:1 ratio of grams of flour to grams of water. Save the discard for up to 2 weeks and use that, too! Great recipes out there for using discard - including brownies! Here are a few of my favorite recipes to hang out in, too! I can’t wait to see what we can do together!
And, of course, the whole world wide web is available for MILLIONS of other amazing recipes! There are crepes, pancakes, soft breads, artisan breads, with and without garlic,....Oh! And other hydrations (science and math I haven’t wrapped my head fully around yet!)
Tools of the trade I highly recommend:
Danish dough whisk
Digital scale
Silicone bread sling
USA pan - Pullman loaf with and/or without a lid (just a “small” on Amazon)
USA pan 13x9x2 for focaccia and dinner rolls
Bannetons
